HIGHLAND MILLS -- A Highland Mills woman was arrested Wednesday by police in a December 2012 hit-and-run death of a Kiryas Joel sanitation department employee.

Blanca Romano-Morales, 26, is charged with the felony of leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in the death of Anastacio Vasquez of Spring Valley, said Monroe state police.

On December 11 last year, Vasquez was collecting trash for the Village of Kiryas Joel Sanitation Department on Satmar Drive when he was hit by an unknown vehicle while trying to cross the road, police say. He died at the scene.

A white mini-van was seen leaving the area after the crash. After an investigation by state police, Romano-Morales was arrested after an Orange County grand jury issued an Indictment ordering her arrest.

Romano-Morales was sent to Orange County Jail on $30,000 pending an appearance in Orange County Court.